Rent Aerial Work Platforms and Forklifts in Saint-Etienne

You can rent mobile elevating work platforms, forklifts and telehandlers for Saint-Etienne from Luibl Rental – delivered on our own low-loaders, even to steep access roads. They are needed in a city that has developed from a coal-mining area and arms manufactory into a centre for mechanical engineering, medical technology and design. Around 170,000 people live here, making Saint-Etienne the largest city in the Loire department. Whether you are converting a factory hall, operating a warehouse on the Loire plain or renovating a facade on a hillside street: we select the equipment according to terrain, building and load.

The Saint-Etienne economic area is industrial, but more diverse than in the days of the coal mines:

• Mechanical engineering and metalworking: Mechanics, toolmaking and supplier companies have a long tradition in Saint-Etienne. Production halls need forklifts for internal transport and scissor lifts for the maintenance of crane runways, lighting and ventilation.

• Medical technology and universities: Medical technology companies have settled around Jean Monnet University, the Mines Saint-Etienne engineering school and the university hospital. Laboratory and hospital buildings need compact electric platforms for installation and maintenance that work without exhaust at the point of use.

• Conversion of old industrial sites: The Cite du design was created on the site of the former arms manufactory (Manufacture d'armes); Saint-Etienne is a UNESCO City of Design. Articulated boom lifts and telehandlers are used for the conversion and renovation of large old halls.

• Retail and logistics: The Casino retail group has its headquarters in Saint-Etienne. Distribution centres and retail warehouses on the Loire plain (Plaine du Forez), for example around Andrezieux-Boutheon with Saint-Etienne-Loire airport, use forklifts in shift operation.

• Sports and event venues: The Geoffroy-Guichard stadium and other venues need aerial work platforms for maintenance, lighting and installations.

Many sites in Saint-Etienne are on slopes or in old factory buildings. That is why the selection starts with terrain and building, not height alone.

For workshops in the former industrial districts, for markets and warehouses on level ground, we recommend scissor lifts: they offer 8 to 18 m working height and a spacious platform for personnel and materials; electrically powered, they work without exhaust at the point of use. If facades on steep streets or gutters above extensions need to be reached, an articulated boom lift with more than 35 m working height and lateral outreach is the better choice. Telescopic boom lifts make full use of their reach on industrial chimneys, outdoor crane runways and high hall roofs. In hospitals, laboratories and workshops with narrow doors, mast lifts come into play.

Before we deliver, we check the permissible gradient and the bearing capacity of the ground with you. The machines come from manufacturers including Haulotte and Genie. In France, every aerial work platform is subject to the six-monthly vérification générale périodique (VGP) in accordance with the arrêté du 1er mars 2004; a competent person carries it out and enters it in the registre de sécurité. The current inspection report accompanies the machine, and maintenance follows the manufacturer's specifications.

Steel parts, pallets, cardboard: in Saint-Etienne, forklifts and telehandlers mainly move materials for industry and retail.

Our forklifts are available with electric and diesel drive and as rough-terrain versions. A metalworking company converting its production uses them to supplement its own fleet; a retailer in Andrezieux-Boutheon covers peaks in the warehouse. Electric forklifts work in halls without exhaust at the point of use, rough-terrain forklifts also on unpaved surfaces. Where old factory complexes on slopes have ramps and inclines between the building sections, we choose models with sufficient gradeability.

On hillside construction sites, telehandlers show their strength: the Manitou MT 730 H lifts up to 3,000 kg to 6.90 m and remains manoeuvrable even on loose ground. Further models are supplied by Manitou, Merlo and Magni.

Rent for a few days or over months and combine platform, forklift and telehandler in a single quote if required. This way you do not tie up capital in machines you only need temporarily.

With Luibl Rental you have access to a mixed fleet in Saint-Etienne: Manitou, Merlo, Magni, Haulotte and Genie, various working heights, load classes and drives. For the winters at around 500 m altitude, many cabs are heated, and for hot summer days air-conditioned – an advantage compared with the milder Rhone valley.

In France, only persons authorised by their employer may operate the machines. This autorisation de conduite (Code du travail, Art. R4323-56) requires suitable training (Art. R4323-55). Many companies document the training with a CACES® – R486 for mobile elevating work platforms, R489 for forklifts –; the employer's authorisation is still required. When unloading, our driver shows your staff how to operate the specific machine and check it before starting work. On plant premises, we also clarify where the machine can be safely parked after work and – for electric drives – charged.

We supply Saint-Etienne with our own low-loader fleet directly to your site – within the city as well as in Firminy, in the Gier valley along the A47 towards Lyon or on the Loire plain along the A72. Because many streets in the city centre are steep and narrow, we discuss the gradient of the access road, turning options and unloading area before the journey. If several machines are destined for the same site, we bundle them on one trip where possible and collect them again at the end of the rental – you do not have to organise transport yourself. From enquiry to collection, you have a dedicated contact person who knows your sites between the Furan, the Gier and the Loire. We also supply projects in Lyon, Grenoble or Montpellier with rental equipment.

Which design suits your job? The overview Lifting platform rental – all platform types at a glance explains scissor, articulated boom, telescopic boom, mast, tracked and truck-mounted platforms and shows what the rental price depends on.

Your project in Saint-Etienne is ready and all that is missing is the machine? Tell us the work location, working height or load weight and the planned duration. We suggest the right machine and calculate rental, transport and familiarisation in one quote – for the maintenance of a workshop as well as for a construction site on a slope lasting several months. Contact us via the form or by phone. Read more about assignments throughout the country on the France country overview page.